The FBI has been placing GPS trackers on cars without warrants. The Supreme Court ruled this practice must stop.

In the case of US vs Jones, the Supreme Court ruled the FBI's practice of attaching GPS transmitters to suspect's cars violated people's expectation of privacy. Since the suspects mainly traveled on public roads, the FBI said the suspects had no expectation of privacy. Now the FBI has turned them all off.

But since the transmitters are turned off, the FBI can't find all the cars in question so they can retrieve their GPS units. The FBI has been filing court orders to turn on specific GPS units just so they can be retrieved.

Shame on the FBI

Oh, well, as long as they pinky-swear they turned off all the tracking devices, then I’m sure they’re being honest. After all, no reason not to trust Big Brother, right?

Shame on the Supreme Court

the duly elected government should have the right to track the whereabouts of any citizens that seem suspicious, are members of unpopular groups online, or post things here that could be construed as having a chilling effect on any business interests.

However …

hey people, don’t forget about the GPS devices that are actually built into the car from new. these devices can be remotely hacked into and tracked very easily which means they don’t have to physically go anywhere near your car.